Geovonie Irvine does whatever it takes to get the job done

DURHAM, North Carolina - — It’s one thing to play hurt, as in faking an injury to avoid grinding in practice. Then there’s playing hurt, or approaching the business of football the way N.C. Central wide receiver Geovonie Irvine did last season when he’d suit up for the Eagles despite his small body being battered and worn.

Irvine, a redshirt senior, can expect his number to get called more than ever before this season. He’s got just four games in front of the home crowd at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium, the first on Saturday against CIAA foe Fayetteville State (6 p.m., WNCU-FM 90.7, nccueaglepride.com).

“He is a really dynamic football player,” NCCU coach Henry Frazier III said.

So Frazier plans on getting the football in Irvine’s hands by any means necessary.

Irvine (5-6, 161) is not very big, but he is very good. Last season, he led NCCU with 47 catches for 580 yards and five touchdowns. Irvine enters this season as NCCU’s fourth all-time leading receiver with 138 career catches for 1,920 yards and 13 touchdowns.



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